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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Axibase vs. GigaSpaces vs. HarperDB vs. STSdb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.4d.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.gigaspaces.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAxibase CorporationGigaspaces TechnologiesHarperDBSTS Soft SC
Initial release19842013200020172011
Current releasev20, April 20231558515.5, September 20203.1, August 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetNode.jsC#
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes infoJSON data typesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatano
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-like query languageSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
.NET Client API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyesyesyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and rolesno

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